Donald L. Adolphson

Professor of Public Management
Public Management, Romney Institute of


Office: 764 TNRB
Phone: (801) 422-2433
Email: donald_adolphson@byu.edu
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-11:00

Expertise:
  • Business and government relations
  • Business ethics
  • Business in a Gospel Context
  • Computer science
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Data analysis
  • Economic development
  • Ethics: business and society
  • Management
  • Mathematics
  • Operations management
  • Quantitative analysis
  • Quantitative analysis: statistical
  • Service learning
Research:
  • Excel spreadsheet modeling
  • Process of managerial decision making
  • Creativity and innovation in business and in the public sector
Education:
  • PHD, Computer Science, UNIV OF WISCONSIN MADISON, 1973
  • MS, Computer Science, UNIV OF WISCONSIN MADISON, 1968
  • BA, Math, UNIV OF CALIF BERKELEY, 1966
Group Affiliations:
  • Public Management - Primary
  • Ethics, Values, Social Responsibility - Secondary
Selected Publications: Experience:
   Teaching
  • Associate Director, Romney Institute of Public Management, Brigham Young University, 1996-2000
  • Professor, Marriott School, Brigham Young University, 1993
  • Associate Professor, Institute of Business Management, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, 1981-1993
  • Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Business Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Washington, 1978-1981
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Business Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Washington, 1973-1978
  • Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Business Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Washington, 1970-1973
   Professional
  • Book Reviewer, Prentice-Hall, Holden-Day, West, Harper-Row, Holt-Reinhart-Winston, MacMillan, and Richard D. Irwin Publishing Companies
  • AT&T
  • Boeing Computer Services
  • The World Business Academy
  • The Institute of Management Science
Awards:
  • Teacher of the Year, MPA Class of 2010 , Romney Institute of Public Management, Brigham Young University , 2009
  • Teacher of the Year, MPA Class of 2005 , Romney Institute of Public Management, Brigham Young University , 2005
  • Professor of the Year , Romney Institute of Public Management, Brigham Young University , 2005
  • Teacher of the Year, Class of 2004 , Romney Institute of Public Management, Brigham Young University , 2004
  • Marriott School Teaching Excellence Award , Brigham Young University , 1996
  • MBA Teaching Excellence Award , Marriott School, Brigham Young University , 1995
  • Outstanding Teacher Award , Institute of Business Management, Brigham Young University , 1994
  • MBA Professor of the Year , Marriott School, Brigham Young University , 1986
  • MBA Professor of the Year , Graduate School of Business, University of Washington , 1981